Hog beater paddle



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v I 31102" or LEON ANDERSON Bu ERNEST ,NASSIMBENE (Ittornegs Patented July 29', 1952 HOG BEATER PADDLE Leon Anderson and Erne 0010., assignors to The st Nassimbene, Denver, Gates Rubber Company,

Denver, 0010., a corporation of Colorado Application September 29, 1950, Serial No. 187,438

3 Claims.

This invention relates to hog beater paddles for use in dehairing and cleaning machines of the general type exemplified by Patent No. 1,502,749.

The principal object of the invention is to provide hog beater paddles with increased useful operative life.

Another object is to provide hog beater paddles which are reinforced in a novel manner to effect increased life thereof.

Another object is to provide hog beater paddles having improved fiexure characteristics and in which stresses are reduced and more uniformly distributed throughout their lengths.

Still further objects, advantages, and salient features will become more apparent from a consideration of the description to follow, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a transverse section through a conventional dehairing machine which may employ paddles of the type to which the invention relates;

Figure 2 is a perspective of a paddle which constitutes the subject of the invention;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3, Figure 2;

Figures 4, 4a, and 4b are enlarged longitudinal sections between opposite faces of the paddle of Figure 2, taken on line 44, and showing various forms of the invention; and

Figure 5 is a section similar to Figure 4 showing another form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, the dehairing machine comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced grills II, I I which provide a trough in which the hog l2 may roll as the paddles l3 engage same, the paddles being mounted on arms I4 of a suitable rotor I5, all as understood in the art and as more fully disclosed in the patent previously identified.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, the paddle I 3 comprises a rubber-like body having a flat leading face It to which is secured a plurality of dehairing scraper knives I! by rivets l8 extending through apertures IS in the tip or outer end 20 of the paddle. A pair of apertures 2| extend through the base 22 of the paddle through which bolts 23 extend to secure the paddle to an arm I4, the foregoing construction also being conventional and well-known in the art.

Referring to Figures 4, 4a and 4b, it will be observed that base 22 is thicker than tip 20 and the paddles taper in thickness between points 24 and 25, this being effected by a wedge 25, 26a, 252), respectively, disposed between opposite faces of the paddles.

In Figure 4 the paddle is reinforced with a plurality of layers 2'! of fabric. These layers are parallel in the tip portion 20 and base portion 22 but diverge from parallel relationship between points it and 25, this being effected by wedge 26. Wedge 26 is an integral mass of rubber-like material such as gum rubber, preferably of relatively high modulus, and which may contain, if desired, filler materials such as linters, cork, or the like.

In Figure 4a the construction is substantially the same as in Figure 4 except that wedge 26a is formed of a plurality of layers of fabric which are stepped, ends of the various layers being shown at 28, 29, 39.

In Figure 4b, the wedge 26b is formed of stepped layers of fabric as in Figure 411, but is disposed at one side of layers 2'! which are parallel throughout the length of the paddle.

In Figure 5, both sides of the paddle are flat and the wedge 260 is formed by stepping the fabric in a manner similar to Figures 4a and 4b, thus providing a base portion 22 which is thicker than tip portion 20.

The reinforcing material may be any of the materials commonly employed in the rubber art such as square or bias cut fabric woven of cotton, nylon, rayon, etc., which may be skim coated or frictioned, or cords or cord fabric, wire, spun glass, or any combination thereof, the invention in its broadest aspects not being limited to any particular reinforcing material.

A cover 3|, which may be of any form of rubber-like material, is applied to the outer surface of the assembled paddles, after which they are vulcanized under heat and pressure in a suitable mold.

Having described the invention, what we claim as new is:

1. In an elongated hog beater paddle having a base portion adjacent an inner end thereof adapted to be secured to a rotor of a hog dehairing machine, and having a tip portion adjacent the outer end adapted to carry a scraper member, the improvement wherein said paddle is reinforced therewithin by two sets of layers of fabriclike material extending substantially between the outer and inner ends of the paddle, said sets being disposed in superposed and parallel relation from adjacent said outer end to a point intermediate said tip and base portions, at which point the sets diverge and are disposed in spaced apart relation in a region extending to substantially the inner end of the paddle, and a body of rubber-like material disposed between said sets in said region.

2. A paddle in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body is resilient rubber.

3. A paddle in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body is fabric-like material.

LEON ANDERSON. ERNEST NASSIMBENE.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,213,717 Wenzel Jan. 23, 1917 2,029,064 Edwards Jan, 28, 1936 2,296,873 Rachford Sept. 29, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 116,500 Australia Jan. 27 1943 

